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Question: What were the indigenous agricultural crops grown in your country today and where did they grow?
Create an illustrated description of the answer to the question below.
You may illustrate and narrate it or grab photos and quotes from the internet.
The assembling of the page, however, into a cohesive story is uniquely your own.
These will be shared with the class after everyone has completed it.
Submit as a jpeg or pdf via email.
Question: What were the indigenous agricultural crops grown in your country today and where did they grow?
Examples:
wheat, corn, rice, soybeans, barley, sorghum, millet, beans, groundnuts, potatoes, cassava, oats, sweet potatoes, peas, rye, tritiale, buck wheat, taro
Native Agriculture in Australia
Edible plant products documented as being used by Australian aboriginals (Issacs 1987).Tree fruits
Acmena smithii, Adansonia gregorii, Ampelocissus acetosa, Amyema spp., Antidesma bunius, A. dallachynum, A. ghaesembilla, Astroloma humifusum, Billardiera scandens, Buchanania arborescens, B. muelleri, B. obovata, Canthium latifolium, Capparis lasiantha, C. mitchellii, C. spinosa var nummularia, C. umbonata, Carissa lanceolata, Cassytha melantha, Cissus hypoglauca, Cucumis melo spp agrestis, Davidsonia pruriens, Dianella spp., Diospyros australis, Diploglottis campbellii, Eugenia grandis, Eugenia reinwardtiana, Exocarpus cupressiformis,E. latifolius, Ficus spp., F. superba var. henneana, Flueggea microcarpa, F. virosa var. melanthesioides, Ganophyllum falcatum, Grewia spp., Leptomeria aphylla, L. acida, Lysiana exocarpi, L. murrayi, Malaisia scandens, Morinda citrifolia, Musa acuminata, Pandanus spiralis, Parinari nonda, Persoonia falcata, Planchonia careya, Planchonella pohlmaniana, P. arnhemica, Pleiogynium timorense, Podocarpus lawrencei, Rubus parviflorus, Santalum acuminatum, S. lanceolatum, Solanum centrale, S. chippendalia, S. cleistogamum, S. ellipticum, S. esuriale, S. melanospermum, S. orbiculatum, S. phlomoides, S. laciniatum, S. liniarifolium, S. petrophilum, Syzygium forte, S. suborbiculare, Terminalia carpentariae, T. ferdinandiana, Uvaria spp., Vitex glabrata.
Seeds & pods
Acacia coriacea, A. maritima, A. sophorae, A. stenophylla, A. tunida, Araucaria bidwilli, Avicennia marina, Beilschmiedia bancroftii, Canarium australianum, Elaeocarpus bancroftii, Endiandra palmerstonii, Etada phaseoloides, Eucalyptus gamophylla, E. leptopoda, Hicksbeachia pinnatifolia, Hovea spp., Linum marginale, Lotus australis, L. corniculatus, Macadamia integrifolia, M. tetraphylla, Mallotus nesophyllus, Nelumbo nucifera, Nymphaea spp., Pandanus spiralis, Santalum acuminatum, Stercularia quadrifida, Terminalia grandiflora.
Leaves & buds
Allocasuarina verticillata, Alpina spp., Calamus caryotoides, Calandrinia balonensis, Disphyma clavellatum, Erythrina vespertilio, Hibiscus heterophyllus, Lepidium muellerii, Lepidiumspp., Livistona australis, L. eastonii, Lomandra longifolia, Portulaca oleracea, Typha spp.
Flowers
Eremophila latrobei, Grevillea eriostachya.
Fruit
Cymbidium caniculatum, Hornstedtia scottiana, Leichardtia australis, Leichardtia spp., Marsdenia viridiflora, Tamarindus indica.
Stems & pith
Cymbidium canaliculatum, Hydriastele wendlandiana, Livistona humilis, Nymphaea spp., Ptychosperma macarthurii
Bulbs
Cyperus bulbosus, Hypoxis marginata, Microstema tuberosum, Nymphaea spp.
Rhizomes
Blechnum indicum, Nelumbo nucifera, Typha spp.
Tubers
Anguillaria dioica, Aponogeton elongatus, Arthropodium milleflorum, Bulbine bulbosa, Cartonema parviflorum, Dioscorea bulbifera, D. hastifolia, D. transversa, Eleocharis dulcis, E. sphacelata, Gastrodia sesamoides, Geodorum neoncaledonicum, Hypoxis hydrometrica, Operculina brownii, Orchidaceae, Portulaca pilosa, Pterostylis barbata, Triglochin procera
Roots
Alpina spp., Ampelocissus acetosa, Arthropodium strictus, Boerhavia diffusa, Brachychiton populneum, Buchanania spp., Curcuma australasica, Dianella spp., Eriosema chinense, Erythrina vespertilio, Flemingia involucrata, Geranium solanderi, Ipomoea costata, Ipomoea spp., Lotus australis, L. corniculatus, Microseris scapigera, Murdannia graminea, Thysanotus tuberosus, Vigna lanceolata,
Meals (paste or gruel)
None
Seed
Acacia aneura, A. coriacea, A. cowleana, A. estrophiolata, A. kempeana, A. ligulata, A. murrayana, A. notabilis, A. pyrifolia, A. tetragonophylla, A. victoriae, Chenopodium rhadinostachum, Dactylotenium radulans, Eragrostis dielsii, E. leptocarpa, E. eriopoda, Oryza spp., Panicum australiense, P. decompositum, P. effusum
Non-seed
Alocasia macrorrhiza, Convolvulus erubescens, Curculigo ensifolia, Cyathea spp., Dicksonia antarctica, Eucalyptus microtheca, Marsilea drummondii